Paramount Resources (POU) Competitors

Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Is OVV or POU more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of 18.92%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ovintiv	20.34%	19.62%	8.59%
Paramount Resources	18.92%	10.06%	5.97%

Do analysts rate OVV or POU?

Paramount Resources has a consensus price target of C$25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 59.34%. Given Paramount Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Paramount Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is OVV or POU a better dividend stock?

Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk and volatility, OVV or POU?

Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, meaning that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OVV or POU?

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 4 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ovintiv and 2 mentions for Paramount Resources. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ovintiv's score of -0.20 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ovintiv	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Paramount Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OVV or POU?

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ovintiv	C$6.82B	1.27	C$1.39B	C$10.91	4.36
Paramount Resources	C$1.93B	1.21	C$366.00M	C$2.44	6.42

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OVV or POU?

83.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OVV or POU?

Paramount Resources received 362 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 51.40% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 42 61.76%	Underperform Votes 26 38.24%
Paramount Resources	Outperform Votes 404 51.40%	Underperform Votes 382 48.60%

Summary

Ovintiv beats Paramount Resources on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.